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March 8, 1932. FOLEY 1,848,943

DEMONSTRATING DEVI CE Filed Dec. 28, 1929 A flwzzz? M M B IZZ I 1mmq;r mior nibn m;ms wnv ms a.

Itiliassometimes attempted toaliprospe'ctive purchaserof goods madel'in partjat least of a sheetjmaterial suchfas pa T -per, leather; or fabric, or .Where i sheet ,'1nate-- use. 7

V 5 rial isto beused associated vvith otherobjects,

the. appearancejvhich maybe expected in the completed article or} assemblage by ias sociating a sam led e sheet ma l w th ,miniatu'i'fe representation of the other parts 1 of the article, orofassociate'darticles. flhl ls, for example, a cardboard cutout "represent-1;

7 ing in miniaturethefcontour olf agarrnent has been laid over a fabric to 'shovv'the fabric in the shape of "the finished garment through the 'c' utout, or a Wallpape'nsample has 'bee'n associated with a] miniature.grepresentation of a rooin vvhichfis tolbej a eredx1iWhe the fabric has adistinctive' pattern; however,

' method olf'demonstration is'funsatis fae-j', toryfbecause thepatte'rn isQdispr'oportl'oni atelyv'large with respectto the article parts or articles represented n miniature, so' that the impression'due to this association is mis- Jeading andij 'ay be orse than fusele'ssf In' accordance f-vvithlthefpresenti invention, j,

therefordthe, sheetniaterial, insteadQfib Y H M p e ferently colored to represent, substantially" full "size different coloredfvvrappings femloye'di'n the actualQfurnit-ure. Closely associatedvvith theslpieces, land 2' are samples-s0 f of; upholstery covering material, I such, for

'e rample',as figured cretonne. As shown,',these. samples are; fastened together at their "upper;

ing associated for comparison With. a repreor a plurality of associated articles, is asseci'ate'd with a fragmentary representation orf representations of "parts =having certain. important characteristic dimensionsof full e p ends as at 5, 1'n,F1gur' e 3, the'jsample's or size h Thus the-pattern of the fabric is made V 7 t jh 0 errelat on to the full (11 V V 1 p Q S up m pr p book or bundle which is secured to the sticks 1 and2asby thetyingcords 6. These cords, 1 pas hrough one of; the sticks 1; 61-52 mensioned, neighboring parts so that thefab lie is demonstrated incorrect l'relationship-ve e o-4113iemploy n 9n y:iragmentary I 2 representation of these ad a'cent parts hows g fl fiayla b i fl l fpf fithe which 1 790 -1nentofcOrds 8b? Which'thedevicemay be -ever,:tlieifs'ize of the"de.vicenecessary to enable the prospective purchaser to obtain the correct idea of the appearance. of the finished article or association is held Within the desired small limits.

For a more complete understandin'gofthis 7 Figure 1 shows 111' perspective a device em 5'05: bodying this invention for demonstrating var p n'g xr s ds e di "va im ssam f ee edge "Po i s ,vh' 'ch fi'hi eiu'xt pqsit nw t ?a y s ecediporti nL; 1' of eitlirfofthe sticks l ands-ex o ed between I 7' 'nmvtonsmnimntqbnvrcni Ap lication met Decembei'gQ B; i929. Serial'i1o;,'4l7,12 7a i riou'sj fabric upholstery, coverings such 'aslcrie a -;tonne1n'connect1on withwicker furniture. l

igures is an edge elevationof jthef-sar'nel j :Figure 3 is a plan showing thedevice {.5

Referring to the drawings, at l and 2 are 5 indicated sticks" of material vof different sizes and construction simulating in appearance j and having the same cross sectional'shape'sf and dimensions as certain frame membersei tei ialfasfs'uch frames, ,and"any desirednu'm ber'inay beused. j 'They'are'shown asjoined a together at intervals by vvra ppings'3 of'cane "on canesimul'ating Inat erial similar" to "that t F employs-(1 in; Wrapping frame members in f Wicker furniture, it being common to employ a plurality'of piecessof'such reed material "1 arranged side by side and bound together by p 7 cane vvrapping'sl In order to simulatein these 'pieces: afrconsiderable number 'ofjdiflerent 1 finisl'iesfor cane; furniture lframeniembersfif P j' these sticks; may ;be colored differently be;

tvveen" adjacent tlwrap'pings if desired Like'g wisegealsofthe cane Wrappings" 3 maybe ,dif

swatches being'arranged in the forrnfgfi ai thrh'ugh' jsuitable' holes therein and these;

fixed toany'suitablefsupport, asfor example,"fl

f to'the back ofa'piece' of furnitureiwith which' V the device is'intendedtob used, "The sant1- 2 ples 'arethus fixed tofthe sticks so as'to leave b tei fp rb n o eij k and, W ap: 'ple's have? 1 "broug t 3119311 V 601? aniarticle of Wicker furniture. v 'll'iesepieces; V I '1 idQare preferably made, of the same ma a one face may be brought into juxtaposition to:

the sticks with their printed faces exposed. Thus the upholstery material may be associated with a frame simulating element or a wrapping element of the color which is proposed for the corresponding part'of a piece of reed furniture so that a correct determination ofthe appearance of the particular sam- "ple of fabric, should this be used in upholstering an article of furniture may be clearly seen in its relation to the frame or wrapping portions of this piece of furniture. Since the. sticks 1 and 2 have certain characteristic dimensions, thesebeing the cross sectional dimensions, the same as, 'orsubstantially the same as, those of the actual furniture, the pattern and coloiings of the fabric materiali present the same appearance with relation to the frame part that they would actually in a completed article of furniture upholsteredwith fabric identical with that of the sample being tested. By having the different lengthwise portions of the stick elements between the wrapping colored and/or 'iinished differently from each other, and

- used to demonstrate a wide range of frame colors and finishes with a range of upholstery materials dependent on the number of'samsaid samples in a complete organizationgof whichsaid sheet material is intended to. form a part, that portion of said element corre-.

sponding to the normally exposed portion of said part beingfree to haveassociated therewith in the. same relationship as in said organization-any selected oneiof said samples,

inga. plurality of samples of sheet material:

said element having certain characteristic dimensions substantially the same as thecorresponding dimensions of said part.

2. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of samples of upholstering sheet material, a member simulating a portion of a furniture frame element and of similar cross-section, and means-for attaching said samples to said member with the part corresponding to that appearing in the completedarticle,of furniture-exposed and with a portion of each sample free to be brought selectivelygiinto relation with the portion of said member comparable to that between said 'upholstering materialiand said frame element in the corresponding piecev of furniture.

8. A device 'ofthe class describedco mprising a stick member simulating in appearance and of substantially" the samecross section as a frame element of a pieceofreed furniture, cane wrapping atone portion of saidmember simulating in appearance the cane wrapping of frame elements of such furniture, a plurality of samples of sheet upholstering material? for use with such furniture fixed to said stick leaving asubstantial portion of said stick-and wrapping exposed, each of said sampleshaving a portionfree to be brought into juxtaposition to saidi expgosed portions:

of said stick andwrappinginrelation similar to the upholstery fabric frame-member and canewrapping of the article'of-furniture.

4. A device of the class des'cribedbompris ing a plurality ofmeinb'ers each simulating and having substantiallythe cross section of' frame elements ofan article of'wicker furni ture, cane wrappings; about sa1d members simulating the wrapping offrame elements of saidjarti'cle, said'membersbetween said wrappingsand' the said wra pping's being colored to correspond with the colors appliedto the corresponding elements of 'saidarticle, a plurality of samples offsheet upholstery material, and means forfixing said samples to said members with substantial portions of sa1d members and wrappingsexposed, each v of said sampleshavinga portion free to be brought into. juxtaposition to the exposed portions of any of the various coloredportion's of any of said members and "said wrappings comparable to the relation 'between saidlelements and wrappingsbf theupholstering materia-l ofthe article of furniture;

In testimony wliereof I} have affixed" my signature. g

r 1 FRANCIS J. Ronny; 

